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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1888. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR t~
A PRESIDENT WITHOUT A CLIQUE.
Cleveland'g Remarkable Individuality-The
Leader and the Party Stronger
than at the Beginn:ng of the
Last Campaign.
[Washington Letter to Boston Globe.]
Cleveland has changed and upset
Washington as generaliy as a first-class
cyclone could change and upset it in the
same length of time.
No other President since he was
born has had his own way so entirely.
He has pulled the partisan fargs out of
the opposition Senate and taken the
reluctant and doubtful House under his
arm. The generally turbulent and
unruly larger brancl*of Congress never
behaved better than it is behaving this
session when the President's influence
is supreme and his connection close.
His enemies in the party that be has
transformed cannot find a rival to rally
around. The suggestion of any other
name for the head of the Democratic
ticket of 1888 is instantly recognized as
no less ridiculous than the mention of
his own name for the place would have
been in the Cincinnati Convention of
1880.
What wonder is it,-then, that Wash
ington is bewildered? Men are con
tinually coming from the outside coun
try in search of high information. They
see Washington beating about help
lessly, under the shadow of the strong
est and the grimmest personality of
recent times. They see the old stagers
here afoot and a good deal dazed. To
these latter it seems as if the strange
man on top had even' swallowed the
points of the political compass.
So all wait on him while he waits on
himself, without a confident and a
counsellor as surely as he is without a
master. His indifference to the town is
unconcealed. As soon as he got to the
White House he discharged the Presi
dent's valet. He has no more use for a
stenographer than a piano. He often
p fills a half dozen pages with his own
fine writing in addressing a subordi
nate about some business matter.
Although a thorough believer in him
self, he has never been guilty of dis
playing or betraying the least bit of
cheap vanity. He is a President with
out a clique. For the first time in a
long while the White House is without
a set. What other motive can such a
man have except patriotism?
:. I cannot see any reason for his taking
a second term other than he cannot
finish the people's job in time to go out
next March. What personal reason
could he possibly have for staying? He
has already got the name of the thing.
He will never get any fun out of it.
But here he sits, pegging away, and
the- good fortune that some of the
greatest men in history have chased
until they died, comes rolling up hill to
his feet. The chesnut phrase in the
news of the day looks something like
this: "All the delegates are for Cleve
land." The uniqueness of this situation
may possibly be appreciated whe it is
recalled that only thirteen of Mr.
Cleveland's twenty-one predecessors
were ever thought of when the time
came to choose their successors. Only
eleven Presidents ever made their sec
ond appearance i the Electoral Col
lege.
For twenty years the Democrats have
been running like whiteheads from the
high tariff whoopers. A few months
ago Cleveland stopped running; the
almost breathless party also halted.
Instantly the lpursuers paused. Then
the pursuers and the pursued faced each
other. Next, with the battle cry of the
President's message on their lips, the
low-tariff crowd sprang at their adver
saries, who quickly turned tail and ran
like so many seared steers. They are
still running.
The Demoeratic party can not be p)ut
on the defensive in this canvass. There
is not a single thing to defend, and noth
ing to attack. What has the adIminis
tration done for which it would be wise
to assail it before the peop)le? Altho1
he has dealt out death to
cans, the Presiden ,-a0ly caused
more pain am neDeorasthan.
mo :nenies.A fter living for:
~.Yve ars off the husks of (oppo
sito2e aysoonl come1 to see that
when let into the crib of plenty the
p)arty's own best and( perimianent imter
ests needed just such restraints aswaere
imposed on it and just such lessons in
self-denial as were taught it by the manl
wh opened the door.
To Mr. Cleveland( a p)arty Is simply
the meanls, andu is not the end. He had
always been a Democrat, but he had
not let the Republicans bother hi
rmuch. Whether the situation to-day
is the result of a deliberate an~d consist
ent policy of the President's or not, it
is still certain that the Democracy's
condition is much1 better at the outset
of this than it was at the outset of the
last eamupaigni. 'The President's course
in the mxatter has been to treat all the
factions to anh occasional dose ot (cold
shoulder. This is ani entirely new treat
mient for the trouble, hut it may hiave
done some good1.
This will be the eighth re-electioni of
a Presidenit. Mr. Cleveland will be the
first, however, to grain tha.t rare glory
by the plain and single works of peace.
Every other President who has had a
seeondl termi camte out of war. They
were all men on horseback.
Here's to the manl afooti
Canled Too Earl.
D)eaconk's wvife inx chureb, niudgzing
her husband:) ".ohn,. rouse yourself:
the minister ha~s got to the 'one w(ord
m-nore anid I amn done.''
"DIeacon (inl ant implatient whisper:)
"What (10 you want to disturb me for
MONSTER AIRt SI[P. 1I
F r e n c l ihm a n .J v i o i E x p l a in s a S c h e m e F o r \
Crossin: the Ocean in a Balloon.
[New York Herald.]
I'aMs, May 6.-Next autunn-in s
October or November, all being well
the world will see a daring attempt to r
ciefy the elenients. C
For the first time in the history of .
ballooning an efiurt will be made to ii
cross the Atlantic by air, Jovis has said a
it, and what Jovis says he means. The
model balloon is made. Five travellers
are prepared to risk their lives in the
adventure. Nothing remains to be j
done but to build the aerial Transat- t
lanltie.
se;"Pri.L PA RISIANS. I)
Hints that soietling of the kind was
meditated have froii tiiie to time been v
thrown out lately. Paris has listened, 11
sitiled, shrugged its shoulders. Ai!
that Jovis. What an imtagiiationt he t
has! The lloulevard is seeptical and t
would not believe. b
Yet the scheie is not mere windy i1
imagination. Given a little money and
Jovis will make his dream a reality.
So, at least, he assured the writer, t
who has had a long talk with him on
the subject. V
"I want 2O0,0)f. to build my bal
loon," said Jovis. "Give me that, with
a fair go off, and I will guarantee the
success of the experiment." e
We were standing in the aeronaut's C
sanctum at the time, on the second U
floor of a building on the Boulevard de
Cliehy, facing the entrance to Mont
martre Cemetery. t
The speaker looked intensely in earn- r
est. His Southern eye glistened with g
enthusiasm, and there was conviction
in his fevered gesture, as, seeing a
doubtful expression on his visitor's a
face, he dragged him toward a model
suspended from the ceiling. ?
"There," said he, "you have the out- o
come of ten long years' labor. This is t
the model of my Atlantic air ship.
Nobody has seen it yet but my assist
ants and a South American potentate F
who is deeply interested in the scheme."
THE STARTI,NG POINT.
With that he launched into detail.
"It has been said," he explained, I
"that I was g:-lng to cross from France f<
to America. Of course that is nonsense
There is only one way of crossing the t
Atlzntic in a balloon. You must make (
America your starting point. d
"What my exact starting point will a
be I have not yet decided. If possible, O
New York. Perhaps some place in n
Venezuela. For many reasons I should a
prefer New York. I see things in a V
large way, you know, and should like t
to make the most of my venture. When ii
my balloon is made I hope to have it 0
taken over on a ship specially charter- V
ed for the purpose. A number of French a
journalists will be invited to go wvith it, a
and I shall give a series of popula'r lee-.
trsini A merica before starting on mxy
journey.
"How; shall I e'ross ? Ini one ofy\our 1~
Heral.l sto'rm11. I expect to mnake r
seventy'. miles an hour', and( to land 5
somiewhere in Norway or Sweden three r
to three and a half days later--unless I ta
('an mianiage1 to touch terra firma ini Ire
hand. ' i:
"I have worked out eveay detail
scie'ntifica:.y, as you may see for your- a
self. Ev'ery conceivable accident has f
bien provided against.
"No," continued Jovis, in answver to
:x joking comment of the writer, "there 1:
is nothinig practical in the schenme, and t
no mxoney can be got out of it. I don't t
see any prospect of a Transatlantic Bal- ai
toon Comipany ever being established. i
[ shall be satisfied if I get back wvhat t
~he balloon wvill have cost mxe.
A MONSTER.1
"The Atlantic-that is the name I 3
:hink of giving my monster-will be 5
>y far the biggest ever constructed. f
sill be roughly i f~t in heig", 'and
iav .. ....,A.tsux emenCt of 5.,(Hi(
ites. InI other words it will be as
Ag as the old Hlalle aux Bk-'s. And( ye,
:hanxks to the materials used, it will K
>nly weighi-th.e b alloon itself, I mean
-:,(N0O kilos.
"This economyii of weight I gaini by
using calico coated wvith an impiroved
.irtight varnish, which, instead of dis
integrating 7fatieres5 premier.<', in
ureases th'ei r dynammomietrie resistanice.
But for this the balloon wvould weigh
three timies as miuch.
"Altogether, wvith the ear, ringing,t
passegers, ap)paratus and ballast, thex
weight will be 5,0.00 kilos- t
yr)I)Eni- mMi-novf:MnI-s. :
"Thec balloon will be a perfect sphere,
to gzive it the benxefit of a rotary move
menlt on thie journey. The safety valve
at the top will be, as you see, of metal,1
and ;so constructed that by pulling it
from belo'w you will allow just as mnnh 1
ias to es'ape as you wish and no'
Amid Jov'is interrupted his imiprompltu 1
lecture to experiment with a miodel
which was lyinig on the floo,r.
"Now for the ear. It will be made
onl a novel priniciple. Tlhe shape is
roughly square, and, as usual, it will
be of bask(t work. But midway it
wvill be divided horizontally by a
w~oodenI deck, ab'ove which will rise a
quarterdeck. Beneath the quarterdeck
,there will be two or three little berths
and the bottom of the ear, tbe lowv the
deck, will serve as a hold for stowinu"
away our ballast.1
"Thne height of the ear w'ill be1 meitre
8 eenitimnetres, and the breadth about 4
metres.
"Quarterdeck and deck are con nec(ted
hy a ladder. A bove thenm, as you see,
there is a rope ladder leading to a third
deck of netting and beyond to the bal
loon itself.
ion and we parted conpany? you ask.
ell, we should fall into the sea.
Vhat then? Here, you observe, are two
at piecee.' of cork, enegsed in canvas
nd fitted on to either end of the car
orizontally. They act as fins and will
-rve to convert our ear into a raft.
"Suppose we lost our fins? We are
ot done for even then, for here, fast
led to the back of the quarter (leek by 1
avits, hangs a tiny lifeboat, four 1
wetres long, and fitted with oars, sails
nd a compass.
wATERY BALLAST.
"The ballast question is much more
?rious. But here, too, the difficulty
as been solved. If we run short on
ic way we shall dip into the sea and
ick up water. Here is a pump and a 1
ose. There will be four barrels on
o ird, each holding 250 kilos weight of
ater. By elianee, when I was once
iaking a Mediterranean ascent, I 1
unibled on an idea which enables me 1
> rise and fall to a certain height above r
ie se:-mnuclh as an India rubber ball
ounces on a floor. I do it by throw
ig out ropes of graduated sizes and
eiglhts.
"I expect," said Jovis, "we shall
-avel at a height of about five huiidred 1
ietres nost of the way. If we fall in ]
-ith any vessels en route we shall sig
al them, or come to an anchor by
.irowing out thiscanvass bag, attached
the car. We shall be provided with
lectrji light, a photographic camera, ]
arrier pigeons, compasses and the
sual seieutific implements. ]
"I count on five passengers-M. Paul
.rene, Lieutenant Mallet, M. Charpen- ]
er, a sailor and myself. But there is
)ol for a sixth. If you would like to
c the place is at your service.
"Danger? No. I don't think there t
so much. I have made 214 ascents
[ready and never had an accident.
"I never guarantee safety in starting
a a balloon journey. That's the peril
as part. But once we have started,
-ust me, there will be no danger."
THE KEYSTONE DEMOCRATS
ndigrse TariffReform and Greet References
to Cleveland with Applause.
HARRISBURG, Pa., MAy 23.-The
emocratic State Convention to elect
>ur delegates at large to the National
onvention, and to ratify the nomina
on of two delegates to the National
onvention from each Congressional
istrict, and to nominate two electors
t large and twenty-eight district elect
rs, and a candidate for Supreme Judge,
iet in the opera house at 10:30 o'clock
in. Ex-Senator William A. Wallace
as made permanent chairman. On
iking the chair Mr. Wallace referred
i glowing terins to the administration
f Cleveland, who, he said, pushes us
igorously to the front. Upon great
rlrninistration issues he asks snpport
n . The. Pennsylvania Democra
are here to-day to answver for thenm
:lves. Thley are for unity and an n
rokcen column in his support. Trhey
refer a reduction of taxation and a
estorationl of our shipping to a hluge
.irpilus and a wall at sea. They are for
iore free raw material, free ships and
n open (door to competition in every
rarket; for conservative reform in the
iterests of the whole people, with no
iolent wrench to any industry. They
re not for free trade, but are for a tariff'
>r revenue with that protection which
lust follow its equitable adjustmnent,
ut not for p)rotection for tile sake of
rotection. Th le details of a bill on
liese lines are of infinitely less impor
mece than action itself. The demand
f the Democratic people at this crisis
for cordial, united and prompt work
> reduce taxation.
Every reference to President Cleve
mad was cheered to tile echo, andl Mr.
Vallace was compelled to halt in his
peechi until the enthusiastic demon
trationl had- subsided. Reference to
Inneioek and McClellan caused the
irge audience to rise and give three
heers for those heroes. A platform
as reported and adopted, and Presi
ential electors andl delegates at large
) St. Louis were elected.
MAKING ICE.
An Account of the Interesting P'rocesv.
(Atlanta Constitution.]
It may be of interest to know just
iow artificial ice is piroduced, even inl
hie hottest (days of summner.
Tlhe water is pumped1 from the wells
o a height of thirty feet, where it falls
plashing over a long coil of two-inch
>ipe containing liquid anhydrous am
nonia, which has been forced from the
arge cylinders containing anmmionia
iuder a great p)ressure. These cylinders
.re kept immersed in wvater to prevent
hemr fromi getting too hot to work.
L'he gauge for high pressure is kept at
7y, while the low p)ressure is only four
eeln pounds.
Large vats filled with coils of pipe,
vhich are constantly submerged in a
tronig brine water, contain anhydrous
irnnonia gas, which is first on very
ugh p)ressure to reduce it to the liquid
tate, then to gaseous form to absorb the
atent heat of the air and water in the
>ipes. By this the brine water, which
S kept in circulation by centrif.ugal
nachlines, is lowered to fifteen degrees,
Eahrenhiet, at which temperature the
vater in the galvanized cans becomes
>locks of ice in twenty-four hours.
It is a mlistaken idea people have
ibout the ammonia being descernibl
n the ice thus manufactured. It is
uist physically impossible, as the brine
water would absorb all of the amnionia
in the pipes should anything occur to
precipitate it, and even if it did not, the
cans of water are closely covered up,'
and nothingr can nenerate them.
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING. of the (
be orga
, Meeting of the Women Who do Good "in lviig
His Name"-Wonderful Growth of the
Sisterhood -- Seventeen Thousand lg with
Letters in Nineteen Days. a given
the san
NEw YORK, May 22.-Hundreds of organizc
,oinen hurried down Fifteenth street oilicers,
esterday afternoon, filled the hall of Council.
he Young Women's Christian Associa- "The
ion building, stood in the aisles, packed cross, i
he gallery, seated themselves on the cross, n
tairs,crowded the vestibule and library, cross, a
and waited in line on the sidewalk, ter cros
and hundreds of women crowded up Miss Lil
o the doorway, looked in upon the Mrs.
ea of faces and turned disconsolately King's
way. At the doorway alady waited publish(
o give admittance to the hall, which shall h(
vas granted at the gleam of a silver swering
,ross or the whisper of the watchword, currence
-In His Name." Little children with kinds o
ong fluttering curls and sweet, bright taming
hees, ladies and white-haired grand- As for
nas, with wrinkled faces, beautiful are doit
women in perfumed garments of lace additiol
ad silk, and women in faded dresses Sisters'
nd with care-worn faces, school girls Tens ar
with packages of books under their Worker
rmnis and with a soft tenderness in our lot,
heir eys, and working girls, whose py Ten
essons are learned through- experience valids.
1ot easily forgotten, mostly unlike in Tenls of
ll save this, that old or young, rich or keep th
x>or, high or low, each wore upon her Love Tc
ireast a tiny silver cross, tied with a The Ki
mot of purple ribbon. ing for
On the )platform cool white lilies ueating
ifted up their faces among the leaves in hosp
)f slender palms, . while in the centre, sions, ki
iigk above the rest, a large Maltese ored hoi
,ross of purple violets bore the letters fund, a:
[. H. N. which i
Near the cross stood Mrs. Bottome, man ha
he President of the King's Daughters, A bri
and around her among the feathery terestini
>alnis gathered Mrs. M. L. Dickinson, King's
qiss Helen Hammersley, Mrs. Irving, man pr
iss Libby, Mrs. F. Payson, Mrs. Cort- passiont
and de Peyster Field, Mrs. J. F. Rug- Daught
les, Miss Schenck and Mrs. Davis of she intii
Boston. nificatic
For a moment every Daughter of the apparen
King bowed her head in silent prayer, of cool
mnd then after a brief and eloquent pe- York b;
;ition from Mrs. Davis they all lifted while
ip their voices in the King's Daugh- or th<
ers' song : King's
3oing forth on gentle errands, the citi
As the Master went before ; tenemei
Light the little cross we carry, At th
Heavy was the cross He bore. lynn '
But the little crosses bearing,
Thus we share the Master's shame.
Phus his royal glory wearing, How Ter
Mr-ching onward "In His Name."
Lift we now the weary burdens, [Tona
Smooth away the mark of care,
o the fevered, aching pillow
Bring the tenderness of piayer. last yea
Even in a world of sorrowv, a di.stan
Song of hope 'tis ours to frame, of 10,00
Looking for a brighter morrow,
Marching onward "In His Name." com
of St. P:
Day by day to high and jowly tractor,
One dear word wve try to give, October
ionsecrated gladly, wvholly, subsiste
Jesus Christ we try to live, front fr
[ill we reach the home of beauty, army s
Where the seraph raptures flame ; and car
ove shall arm our souls for duty, from tl
Marching onward."In His Name." carts, a
A brief address wvas made by Mrs. maichini
Bottome explaining the spiritual ps- Ever2
ion, aim and work of a Daughter of orgamzi
:he King, after which Mrs. M. L. left behi
Dickinson spoke of the history, growth wvork lh
md work of the King's Daughters in this ra;
beautiful, eloquent and impressive cost $1
words. She likened their origin to the it be ti
rising of a little stream in a heart high every d
p in the mountain of goodness and ways i
grace, wvhich, as it came dlancing down value (
the hillside, was joined by nine other this sio
little streams, fed by little rivulets, solid in
which in turn were replenished by rills trny of
nd tributaries until the streams have Had it
all uuited and formed a nmighty river, mient t<
which goes surging and singing the san
through the land with the music of there ~
many waters, and wvhich may in time over ei
broaden and deepen and expand into a onily r4
vast ocean, which shallisweep away all reductic
vil, "In His Name." It i
Again she compared the growth of railway
the order to the Grecian ceremony of system
obtaining the sacred fire in Jerusalem. to'earr;
On each year from the altar of a little than ha
chureb at a stated time this fire bursts ballste
forth, and on the day appointed the t res r
church is crowded with devout pilgrims nmny
each bearing aloft an unlighted candle. were y
When the fiame bursts forth those near- gan to
est the altar light their tapers, and, the las
turning, light those behind them ; earn
those iu turn light others, and so on (jiredl,
until the church is a blaze of light, and
each man has a gleam of the sacred AY"""
fire. wvhich he bears with him to his
home and never suffers to (lie out. So
the gleami of the silver crosses are flash
ing out here and there, one kindling ~ S
its light from another, until in the and po
United States there are already 200: yester
King's Daughters wearing the svnmbol. from I
From May 1 to May 19, inclusive, circum
she explained, there have been received. withi a
by the society 1 7,0353 letters, an average anmong
of 100) letters in each mauil. "In the IngUol
desk devoted to this work," she added nung
"there are letters in the drawer, ' Fri en
tables and shelves, in boxes, bundles, water
and, though I wouldn't like to tell it sugges
outside the famly, qutantities are ac-tosl
tually under the bed. Our fate came up a rc
near being like that of the Princessbide
who was buried under a pyramid, only '~tr
ou yrmdwould have been of topn
our yraid an-stant13
uscript, and the hieroglyphics of our wildw
sarcophagus would have been United
States postage stamps and interroga-troA
tion points. We have no salaried offi
cer in the society and no clerks, so do
you wonder that we cannot tell every
woman from Maine to California what Sout
she had better do as a King's Daugh- lookin
ter '? South
"Wit a iew o lssenng he wrk ems
entral Council, each State is I
aized into a separate societ;
its officers and council affilia
the Central Council, and whE
number of them are engaged i
ie kind of work they are to l
d into a chapter, having i
who shall report to the Centr
badge shall be only the sily
ot a gold cross, not a dianot
at a wooden cross, but a sily
ad the only real King's Daug
s comes from the depot und
>by's charge."
Dickinson further said that tl
Daughters are to have a pap
d once ach month, whi(
the organ of the society, a
all queries, reporting all a
s, and suggesting liftere]
f work to be done, and co:
nat ters of interest to thesociet,
the work the King's )aughte
ig, there are now organized,
to the tens already chroniicle
Tens, Mothers' Tens, 'Widow
d Old Maids' Tens, Hapj
>' Tens-motto, "How happy
" and, strange to say, the Ha
are sick in bed-all chronic i
Then there are the Sunbea
little ones, whose motto is
e wrinkles off mothers' face
ns, and Hold-the-Tongue Ten
ag's Daughters are now wor:
home and foreign missions, e
men for the ministry, engag<
ital work, fruit and flower'mi
ndergartens, day nurseries, cc
nes, tenement houses, fresh-a
ad countless small kindness
Add as much to the sum of h
piness as greater charities.
ef address succeeded these i
remarks from one of tl
Sons, who was the only gentl
,sent. There was, too, an ii
d invocation to the King
rs from Mrs. Davis, in whi<
nated that when the real si
n :of this high calling becan
t there would not be long rov
empty houses closed in Ne
some Daughters of the Kir
they went to the seasho
mountains and oth
Daughters were toiling here
and going to heated, crowd<
tt houses to suffer all night.
e close the King's Daughte
las sung by the large audienc
PANNING AN EMPIRE.
Thousand Railroad Men Captur
the Northwest.
s Curtis Clarke, in Scribnei
Magazine for June.]
Janitoba system was extend<
through Dakota and Montal
ce of 545 miles. A small am
0 men, with about 3,500 tean
ided by General D. C. Shepar
tuI, a 'veteran engineer and co
did it all between April 2 ai
19, 1887. All meterials al
nee had to be hauled to t:
omi the base of supplies. "P
Lept in its own tents, shanti<
s. The grading was cast1
ie side ditches, sometimes1
nd sometimes by the diggi:
-thing was done with milita
ition, except that what w
ind was a railway and not eart
nes of defence. Assuming th:
iway, ready for its equipmnel
,000 per mile, or $8,175,000, ani
rue, as statisticians tell us, th
>llar expended in buildidg ra
1 a new country adds ten to t
f land and other property, th
months' campaign showvs
arease of the wealth of our cot
over eighty millions of dolla
W.en necessary for our Govei
keep an army of observation
Le size on the Canadian fronti
rould have been a dead loss
;ht millions of dollars, andt
suit would have been a slig
m of the Treasury surplus.
ust be remembered that tl
was built after the Amerie
;when the rails were laid, so
y- trains, it was not much me
df finished ; the track had to
d, the temporary wooden str
eplaced by stone and iron, a
buildings and miles of sidir
et to be constructed. But it
earn money from the very d
t rail was laid, and out of
s, and the credit thereby
it will comleLte itself.
Lady Kni1g a Compianion by As
dent.
MERTINSVIL LE,"A. Va., N
.-Elmer Friend, a well kno
pular young man, met his de:
ay afternoon, about eight mi
his place, under very pecu]
stances. He was out walki
number of ladies and gentlem
the former being Miss M:
Reach ing a small bridge sp:
creek, the party stopped ri
wvent down to the edge of
to wash his khands. Some<
ed that it would be a good j<
~h" him, and Miss Ingold pie]
und stone and threw it over
Instead of alighting in
however, it struck Friend on
ais head and he was almost
killed. The lady is now aljr
ith grief at the result of
Appreciated.
[ Augusta Chronicle.]
h Carolina justly boasts the 1
g weekly newspapers in
-soenm of thenm are typnneraph
p LOYAL PROHIBITIONISTS.
. No Third Party in South Carolina-An
Alliance Formed to Work Inside
the Party.
II
, [Special to the Greenville News.]
a CoLUMBIA, May 2i.-The Prohibi
tionists met again this morning and
,r organized themselves into "the South
d Carolina Democratic Prohibition Al
r liance." The object is declared to be
5. the legal prohibition of the manufac
er ture of and traffic in alcoholic beverages
within theState, and to discountenance
ie by all proper methods the use of the
Qr same.
h The membership is composed of all
. legal voters enrolling their names who
are in full sympathy with this declared
it purpose. Coumty alliance can be or
. ganized at all precincts in each county
V. where practicable.
rs The officers of the State Alliance shall
, be a President, a Vice President from
1 each county, who shall be chairmen of
s' the County Alliances and who shall
y compose the State Executive commit
is tee, of whom seven shall constitute a
. quorum.
. The annual convention will be held
n at such time and place as the Executive
Committee shall designate.
s, PROHIBITION LITERATURE.
S. An attempt was made to induce the
k- convention to publish a weekly papel to
i- champion the cause, but after discus
K sion, the following resolutions were
s- adopted- "Resolved, That the Execu
>- tive Committee be requested to use the
ir columns of the State press so far as they
eS may be able, and as it may be proper to
- further the objects of this convention,
and that they distribute such Prohibi
2- tion literature as they may approve by
e such plans as they may desire.
e- "Resolved, That the Executive Com
a- mittee take into consideration the feasi
's bility and desirability of establishing a
h weekly paper as the organ of this Alli
- ance, and that they report on this
ie subject at the next annual meeting.
r ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAWS.
In order to effect better enforcement
of existing laws.on license and prohibi
re tion, the convention adopted the report
of a committee (that the Legislature
n should be influenced by electious and
memorials or otherwise to enact such
amendments as will repair defects in
r the law) and referred it to the Executive
e.
Committee for further action.
OFFICERS OF THE ALLIANCE.
The following officers were elected
President W. K. Blake, Spartanburg;
Vice Presidents, Hugh Wilson, Abbe
ville; A. B. Townes, Anderson; the
Rev. L. Cuthbert, Aiken; Frank
Creech, Barnwell; C. A. Barnard, Beau
fort; Rev. Edward Dantzler, Berkeley;
Ia the Rev. J. M. Boyce, Charleston; the
Rev. E. B. Loyless, Colleton; Jas.
S' Wyley, Chester; D. M. Barrentine,
'Chesterfield; D. J. Bradham, Claren
nd don; W. A. Brunson, Darlington; Capt.
Lewis Jones, Edgefield; R. H. Jen
id nings, Fairfield; Allen Hanley, George
etown; Dr. E. Norton, Hlorry; D. L.
Peeples, Hampton; 'r. P. Pas.sallieu,
Kershaw; W\. L. Gray, Laurens; W. H.
lF. Rast, Lexington; John G. Blue,
~yMarion; H. H. Newton, Marlboro; Dr.
Jas. McIntosh, Newberry; S. P. Den
rdy, Oconee; V. C. Dibble, Orangeburg,
as J.E o , Pces; L.B. Hlaynes,
1-Richland; J. G. Harris, Apartanburg;
Win. Graham, Sumter; W. A. Nichol
atson, Union; Joel E. Benson, Williams
ibury; Frank A. Gilbert, York. Secre
atary and Treasurer, F. H. Hiatt,
atColumbia.
BETSY DIEs IN HARNESS.
End of a Performing Elephant Nearly a
Century Old,
n- RICIIMONn, VA., May 20.-"Betsy,"
of a performing elephant of McFlynn's
er, Circus, died suddenly here Friday
of night. She wvas on her way to take
he the cars for a summer engagement in
lit the West. When at the corner of
Twenty-fourth and Broad streets she
ulay down, curled herself up as if to go to
asleep and in a few minutes her spirit (if
as she had one) p)assed away p)erhlaps to
>r the land of her nativity in East India.
be Betsy was a frisky young thing of
ae-~ ninety-three years, and would have
nd been good for a century or two niore,
igs but for a case of pneumonia contracted
~inl the West She was the victim of a
ay blizzard. Her head protruded through
its the torn canvas, her ears b)ecamie frost
c- bitten arid was chilled by the cruel
northern, blasts. She never gave up,
however, and never failed go contribute
ci- hher share of the comic and statuesqjue
performance in the arena. She died in
harness.
ay Betsy was~ formerly the p)roperty of
vn.T.h anm by whom she wars sold
ths to .John B. D)avis, who in turn disposed
irof her to McFlynn, her last ower. She
aris said to have been the pioneer of her
ng species in America, but the statement
in, needls to he authenticated. During her
try youthful career under the canvas she
m had starred in almost every State and(
heTerritory mn,he Union, and was famniliai
heto many f its millions of mien, womner
me and children.
>eBetsy was 'mtelligent, and whie; ir
edcondition was handsome arid p)layfulI
the She weighed about four thousanc
the pounds, and her carcass had to be carv
in- ed into sections by the unertaker. Th<
m-circus people, amnonig whom she was
ost special pet, were deeply grieved at Bet
her sy' s. The candy vender is inconsola
ble.
.Superstitions.
est A child with a niouthful of teeth wa
the born to Emelin Cane, near Ellenton
ical the other day. The darkies are fright
ened oer, the phenomenon.
DEPA1tTMENT OF AGRICULTUEI
The House Passes the BD for a New
ecutive Ofeer.
WAsirNGTON, May 21.-In
House to-day Mr. Hatch, of Misso
from the Committee on Agriculti
moved that the rules be suspended i
the bili passed to enlarge the pow
and duties of the Department of A
culture and to create an execul
department to be known as the
partment of Agriculture.
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, opened
provisions of the bill transferring
weather service of the United .St
Signal Service Bureau from the N
Department to the new Departmen
Agriculture. The purpose of
measure was to dismiss the pres
officers of the bureau and to provide
a new organization composed enth
of civilians.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, could
nothing in the bill which would Ib
fit the farmers or promote agriculti
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, asserted 1
the bill would not increase the agri
tural productiveness of the countr
single hill of beans, but would C
create additional offices for politici
to fill.
The motion to suspend the rules:
pass the bill was agreed to-yeas
nays 13.
The following is the negative vot
Messrs.;Blount, Breckenridgeof Ark
sas, Breckenridge of Kentucky, Bu
alow, Cummings, Dargan, Hall, F
bert, Morse, Oates, Rogers, Tillm
and Turner of Georgia.
The bill creates an executive dep
ment to be known as the Departim
of Agriculture, under the stipervis
and control of a secretary of agri
ture, and provides for the appointm
of a first assistant secretary of agri
ture. It also transfers the weal
ser ice of the United States Sig
Ser'. ice Bureau from the War Dep
ment to the Department of Agricult
LAUNDEYMAN AND LOVER.
Another Member of the Chinese Lee F
fly Wins a Yankee Bride.
HARTFORD, CoNN., May 21.-=
Chinese Lee family must have a f<
ness for American wives. Whiie
thoughts of many are directed to
baby girl of Yan ?hon Lee and
American bride of a year, who resid
New Haven, the gossips of this
are busy discussing the approact
marriage of another Chinese Lee ai
Hartford school ma'am. The prosp
ive groom bears the symbolic nam
Wah, although of late his sweeth
has endeavored to Americanize hin
instructing him to sign himself W.:
He is proprietor of a laundry. He
been in this country about twelveye
A few years ago he was converte
the Christian religion in a New 3
mission, and off went the pig-taiL.
then drifted to Springfield, where
joined a Baptist church. He has 1
in this city nearly two years, and
regular attendant at the South Me
dist Church.
His hair is jet black, glossy and
in the latest style, and he sports a I
mustache. He dresses in the fasi
and but for his broken speech w
pass in any society. His cousin
companion, Yen Lee, is studying
the ministry at Moody's school.
ladyv who is to become Mrs. Lee is
Ida Spaulding, a teacher, who has
studying at the State Normal Sel
Miss Spaulding became acquai
with Wah Lee in her work in the
nese Mission of the South Meth
Church.
Moving Convention on Whees.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., May 23.
miost novel and unique Lain that
was seen or heard of in Illinois p
through the State to-day frorrn Cal
Rockford. It was a special train b
ing delegates and visitors to atten
State Sunday school Conventic
Rockford. It was simply a' S6
school and a Sunday school convel
on wheels, and in active operatiorn
traversed the parties and forests c
State. It consisted of twenty cars
each car had its superintendent,
tary, treasurer, chorister and <
with Mr. William Reynolds, of P4
as the general superintendent -o
train. For every car there was i
tinct and complete programme,
music lessons and speech ma:
Every car wa handsomeiy deco
with banners; stops were made a
principal cities and towns, where
train was met and welcomed by
gates and b)rief speeches were ni
At Bloomington the train was p
graphed as it stood surrounded t~
immense multitude.
Cathcart of Bogus Check Fame.
[Co,lumbia Record.]
~A gentleman in this city receis
volunious letter of sixteen pages
morning from Mr. Sam Cathca
bogus cheek fame-the former x
sentative of Thurber, Whyland 4
IThe letter was written from 01
Utah, and Mr. Cathcart states thi
acknowledges all his individual
and will pay them as soon as poi
He has a situation as a liquor dru2
and is doing well. He made no
tion as to whether he had confc
to the matrimonial customs of
polygamous section.
Unfit for a Judge.
OMAr A, NEB., May 24.-.
,Wakely has given his decision i1
Sunday base ball injunction case
mintingSnaybase ball tobepin
IMITATORS OF STATESMEN.
E What Bil Nye Heard and Saw in a Wash
. iagton Barber Shop.
the [New York World.]
, While Isat in, the chait.I harda .
man who seemed to be in about the
and third chair from me, saying that a aer
era tai bill numbered so and so 'had beens
i~ referred to a certain committee, and=
ive would undoubtedly be reported favosw
De- bly. Ifso, it would in its regular order
come up for discussion and reach a vote
the so and so. I was charmed with the
the man's knowledge of the condition- of
P affairs in both houses and the eraet
status of all threatened legislation, =
t of cause I have to stop and think a goodi
the while before I can tell whether a TilL
fnt originates on the floor of the House or
in the rotunda. -
ely I could notsee this man, but I judged
that he was a senator or sergeant-at
arms. He talked for some time about,
oe- the condition of national affairs, and
-e finally some one said something about
ha evolution. I was perfectly wrapped ui
ul- in what he was saying,- and remember
r a distinctly how he referred to Herbert
nl Spencer's definition, of evolution as-a
ans change from indefinite, incoheren.
homogeneity to definite, coherent he- K:
md terogeneity through continuous diffe
entiations and integrations.
When I arose from my chair and
c' looked over that way 'I saw that the
an- gentleman who had been talking on a
ek- the condition of congressional legisla
[er- tion was a colored hotel porter of
an, Washington who was getting shaved
in the third chair, and the man whIIO
et was discussing the merits of evolution
en was the colored man who has the air oF
one who Isholding up one corner of the
great national structure. Whether he:
nt is opening your soft-boiled eggs for you
el in the morning or putting bay rum on
er your nose, or checking your umbrella
or brushing you with a wilted whi -
art
broom, his thoughts are mostly upon .T
ire national affairs. He is naturally an
imitator wherever he goes, and this old
resident of Washington has watched
and'studied the air and language ofT'
emhint statesmen so carefully that
when he goes forth in the' morning
with his white-washing portfolio on hi
arm, he wa"'s un. asciously like Sena
the tor Evarts or John James Ingalls. I:
the saw a colored man takinga perpendieu
lar lunch at the depot yesterday, and;
e in evidently the veteran Georgia Senator ?
is his model, for he cut his custarde
into large rectangular hunks and push- -
ed it back behind his glottis with a:
e case-knife, after which he drew.
e of saurcerful of tea with a loud and vio
lent Ways-and-Means-Committee re
port which reminded me of the noise
made by an unwearied cyclone trying
to suck a cistern dry. I think that the
colored man exaggerated the imitation 7
somewhat, but hewas evidently striv
ork ing to assume the table manners of
HeSenator Brown, of Georgia.
he
~ved
is a' [Eagle Gulch War Whoop]
th The good book has said that-it is not
ctwell for man to be alone. It has been
.t . saying it for about two thousand year. -
ittle more or less, but it w'as only re
io,cently that we conceded that.
uld such was indeed the case, and pro
and cededto get us awife.
for Our readers are no doubt well ao
The quainted with the Widow Blodgers,
who keeps the boarding-house just
m around the corner from thisoffice-:ood
ioL clean beds, and a square meal for fifty;
ted cents. There, in that mansion, it was~
Chi- that the shot from Cupid's bow was.
>dist Ishot clean through our tender heart. .
Yes, there we saw the Widow Blodgers,
an ft was there that we wooed, and
wed her.
-The It was on a moonlight night she ap
ever proached us with a board-bill in her>
tssed hand; but, all undaunted, we fell at her
ro toy feet and poured forth the tale of affee. ,
ring- tion which filled our bosom. Need we
I the say that the moon looked down with
n at watery eyes, through the dark swaying
sday boughs of the oak ? Need we say that a
ition fair- head nestled on our editorial
as it shoulders, and she said she would be -
f the ours ? No ! but such was so,and to
,and night we are a married man.
ecre- The ceremony ? Who can tell about.
hoir, it ? There was the bride, all white fiub- '
oia, dubs and veils, and flowers and rib
the bons, and smiles and bright eyes, and
dis- there was we-the whole is summed up
with in the confession that we hereby breathe
urig, forth to the brethren of the press-we
ted are no longer a we; we are us.
the* *
The Naval Review at Beaufort.
the
de- CHARLES'ToN, S. C., May 24.-The
'ae review and dress parade of the North
ot-Atlantic scquadron to k place to-day at
Y Beaufort, S. C., and was witnessed by
from 4,000 to 5,000 people many of the
visitors from Charleston, Augusta and
Savannah. 560 mariners andI seamen
participated, having come from Port
Royal harbor, where the squadron is
ed a now at anchor, ini barges. The exer
this cises were under command of Lieuten
tofant Commander T. A. Lyons of the fiag
epre- ship Richmond ; Lieutenant A. C.
Co. Dillingham of the Richmond, adjutant.
;den, In the afternoon the whole'fore pas,sed
.t he in review before Rear Admiral Luce.
debts
sible- Bartiett's Unineky Bondsmen.
nmer -
men- CHARLESTON, May 24.-In the
rifed United States Court to-day judgment
that for $10,000 was given by a jury against
the bondsmen of Chas. Bartlett, cashikr
of the Sumter national bank, who ab
sconded after stealing the entire capital
of the bank. There is no knowledge of
udge Bartlett's whereabouts. He has -not
:the been heard from since his depewture.
per- The bondsmen will accept thKJ.~
ayed. ment without appeal. -